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With the burial formalities of the immediate past Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, now completed, a titanic succession battle has kicked off in Ile-Ife. An insider in the Ife ruling house expected to fill the vacant stool told PREMIUM TIMES a selection progress was already underway and that those desirous of the revered position have been asked to formally indicate interest. There are four ruling houses in Ile-Ife – Lafogido, Giesi, Ogboru, and Oshikola. Oba Sijuwade, who reigned between 1980 and 2015, is of the Ogboru royal lineage. The next Ooni will most likely emerge from the Giesi ruling house which last produced an occupant to the position – Ooni Derin Ologbenla – between 1880 and 1894. The other royal houses have also taken turns to produce Obas for the ancient town at various times. The Ogboru lineage produced Oba Adelekan Olubuse I, who reigned between 1894 and 1910, with the Lafogido ruling house producing his successor, Oba Ademuluyi Ajagu (1910-1930). Oba Sijuwade’s predecessor, Adesoji Aderemi, who reigned between 1930 and 1980, came from the Oshikola ruling house. Believing that it is their right to produce the next Ooni, members of the Giesi ruling house have begun a flurry of activities they expect would culminate in one of them succeeding Mr. Sijuwade. They met Saturday, August 15 at the Akodi Agbedegbede family house in Ile-Ife, a source said. An insider told PREMIUM TIMES the meeting, presided over by Pa Aderibigbe, a 91-year old elder in the ruling family, was well attended by hundreds of princes, princesses and elders of the royal lineage. “The meeting, called only after the formal announcements by the Ife chiefs, was in respect to the laws and tradition of the royal families, our source said. “Tributes were paid to the long and happy reign of Oba Alayeluwa Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II and prayers were said for the repose of his soul with his fore fathers.” He said at the meeting, the elders of the Giesi ruling house “announced and affirmed that the time is now for the process of filling the gap created in the Kingship of Ile-Ife to commence”. The legal process and content of the law that guides the selection of the Ooni was publicly presented to all the princes and princesses present, he said. He added, “First it was established that Giesi ruling house is set and in-turn to produce the next Ooni of Ile-Ife. Secondly, it was communicated as stated in the law, that 14 days from when the vacancy occurred, the ruling house is obliged to make a presentation of candidate(s) to the local government. “Thereafter it was communicated that the basis of the selection will be from male children who are offspring of both male and female children of Giesi ruling house. “An invitation was given to all interested princes of Giesi ruling house to obtain and complete the prescribed form, return the form to the family within the next couple of days after which they will be screened. Elders then screen and select as many as they feel comfortable with. “Post screening, the names will be submitted to the kingmakers within a period of 14 days from the vacancy of the stool. The kingmakers make consultations with the oracle before forwarding their approved list to the local government. “The emergence of the Ooni will depend on how quickly the oracle selects the appropriate occupier to the throne of Ife. “This is the correct process and procedure and nobody is precluded.” Our source said one of those interested in the position is Oba Bankole Adewale Ojutalayo, the Laroka of Wankin, and a great grandson of Ooni Derin Ologbenla. Mr. Ojutalayo is said to have, in the last five years, worked in Ile-Ife to maintain peace, develop townships and was instrumental in the installation of a number of Obas within the Ife kingdom. He is also said to be prominent in the council of Sookos, contributing to the progress and development of that council. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/188532-ooni-of-ife-with-oba-sijuwade-interred-titanic-succession-battle-begins.html |
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake
Dickson, on Monday gave reasons for
last Saturday’s defection of some
politicians from the state chapter of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the
All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former Special Adviser to the
President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr.
Nditimi Alaibe, Col. Sam Inokoba, and
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri are among
the politicians that defected to the APC at
the weekend.
They were received by the National
Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-
Oyegun.
Dickson, who spoke with journalists on
the sideline of the 2015 National Security
Summit organized by the Nigeria Police
Force in conjunction with The Sun
Publishing Limited in Abuja, said the
politicians moved to the new party on the
basis of greediness and selfishness.
According to him, they are all aiming for
the governorship ticket of the APC in
order to contest for the Bayelsa
governorship poll.
Stressing that it was within their right to
decamp, the governor said for the
records, it was important that the public
know why they decamped to the APC.
He said: “They decamped because each
one of them wants to be governor and the
PDP platform is not available.
“So, they are going to the next alternative
and which in the case of the APC, is the
party that has control of the center and by
so doing, positioning themselves for
federal appointments, which the PDP and
I are not in a position to give to them.
“And they are hoping somehow that
federal might, by way of security and the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) manipulation will see
their eventual flagbearer get into the
government house, which is not going to
be the case.”
Claiming that he is firmly on ground in
the state, the governor said his people
are of the view that his administration
has done well and will troop out en mass
on election day to vote for him and the
PDP.
“We know the antecedents of each and
everyone of them and we are confident
that the people are not with them,” he
added. http://thenationonlineng.net/bayelsa-pdp-defectors-are-greedy-selfish-dickson/ |
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend stormed Kenya’s Maasai Mara Games Reserve in two chartered planes.http://thenationonlineng.net/jonathan-wife-storm-kenya-games-reserves/
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that it has no doubt President Muhammadu Buhari was in support of the All Progressives Congress’ criticism of the peace committee headed by former head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/188489-buhari-in-support-of-apcs-attack-on-abdusalami-abubakar-others-pdp.html |
One by One. In what could be described as a big haul, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has seized various landed properties belonging to three senior staff of the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The three are being investigated according to the commission for possessing properties which are “excessive, having regards to their present emoluments and all other relevant circumstances.” In a notice of seizure by the Commission dated August 11, 2015, it said that the movable and immovable properties seized from the affected staff were part of the subject of the investigation. It was signed by the ICPC Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta. The affected staff, who are mostly accountants in the ministry, include one Poloma Kabiru Nuhu from whom an uncompleted duplex situated at Diamond Estate, Apo, Abuja, valued at N90million was seized. Also seized from him was a plot of land valued at N50million in Kuje, Abuja and 16 other plots of land in Gwagwalada, Abuja. He alone was alleged to have 18 landed properties in Abuja. A four-bedroom duplex in Abuja valued for N60 was seized from one Daniel Obah along with four plots of land at various locations in Rivers State with the least value of N16.5m , while a plot of land in Kubwa District, Abuja valued at N7million s seized from Mangset Longyl Dickson. According to Nta, the notice of the seizure of the properties are “to be served on the appropriate Land Registries and Departments in all states where those properties are situated.” http://thenationonlineng.net/icpc-seizes-properties-of-niger-delta-ministry-staff/
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As operators of the Global System for
Mobile Communication, GSM, mark 14th
anniversary, Bukola Aroloye reports on
the high and low points of the
burgeoning telecoms sub-sector
The launch of the Global System for
Mobile communications in 2001 liberated
Nigerians from the shackles of the once
powerful, but now virtually insignificant,
national telecoms monopoly, NITEL. Thus
Nigerians breathe a sigh of relief when
Econet (now Airtel) and MTN Nigeria
launched their GSM mobile services in
2001.
The revolution brought to bear on the life
style of Nigerians several characteristics
such as talking to oneself on the street
while walking, which actually means that
the person is receiving call through via a
wireless earpiece.
With the trend came also laws such as no
phone call driving rule meant to regulate
the use of mobile phones by motorists.
But all that is now history, as Nigerians
have come to realise the magic that GSM
brought into their life.
The auction ran from January 17 to 19,
2001 with Radio Spectrum International
(RSI), Charles Rivers Associates, Chief
Afe Babalola (SAN) and Mr.Paul Usoro
(SAN) as consultants to the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC).
The auction’s success set a very
important precedent by conducting the
world’s first ascending clock spectrum
auction which convinced the global
community of transparent government
processes by informing the public of the
details of the auction exercise.
The new telecoms era has been
supported with the Nigerian
Communication Act, 2003, which
provides regulatory regime for investors
and all the players, even as the country
has remained and will continue to be an
investment haven in years to come,
according to a Pyramid Research study.
Analysis of the developments in the
sector in the last 14 years is a pointer to
the positive impacts the sector has been
having on all sectors of the economy,
notwithstanding existing challenges,
which the industry still contends with.
“From whatever point of view one looks
at it, the telecoms industry remains one
of the most outstanding sectors going by
available statistics in the industry,”
observes a telecoms industry analyst, Mr
Akin Akinbo.
The sector has recorded tremendous
growth with multiplier effects being felt in
all other sectors of the economy, ranging
from banking, education, e-commerce/
retailing, agriculture, medicine, media, oil
and gas, among others, he said.
Industry experts said for the sector to
have recorded a growth from 450, 000
connected lines in 2001 to over 135
million active subscribers as at the end of
2014, the industry has, indeed, fared very
well.
Not only this, backed by the NCA 2003,
the deregulation has resulted in
geometric growth in the local and Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) inflow.
According to the former Executive Vice
Chairman of NCC, Dr, Eugene Juwah,
“Over $32 billion investment has been
recorded in the sector as at June 2014
from $50 million in year 2001. The
investment stood at $18 billion in 2010
and $25 billion in 2012.”
With this investment, telecoms
companies have been able to
successfully deploy 68,124 kilometre of
fibre optic cabling as at the end of
December, 2013 while in 2014 alone,
additional 38, 000 kilometre of fibre optic
cables were laid, according to NCC.
Experts say this represents an increase of
about 44.2 per cent investment in fibre
optic cabling by the telecoms companies
last year alone.
Meanwhile, in the last 14 years, telecoms
companies in Nigeria have also increased
their base transceiver stations (BTS)
expansion efforts from few thousands to
over 27, 000, making it possible for more
people to have access to telephone
services thus covering many hitherto
unserved and underserved communities
across the country.
Beyond carrying voice signals, the
industry operators are also making their
BTS either 2G-enabled or 3G-enabled to
be able to carry adequate data services,
with the country relying on the 11
terabyte of internet capacity brought into
the country by the likes of Main One,
Glo1, West African Cable Systems
(WACS), among others.
According to data from the Ministry of
Communication Technology, between
2013 and December, 2014, 2G-enabled
sites have increased from 22, 578 to
28,289 while 3G-enabled sites have
increased from less than 10,000 to
15,048 during the same period.
However, a backbone infrastructure
project, started by the NCC, through the
Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF),
has also continued to bridge the gap
between the served and underserved or
unserved areas in the country, especially
areas not considered commercially
viable by the telcos.
Through the project, former Minister of
Communication Technology, Mrs
Omobola Johnson, said about 1, 200
kilometres of fibre optic cabling has also
been run so far.
According to Mrs. Johnson, over 170
base stations, in total, had been deployed
only through the USPF to un-served and
underserved areas by the end of 2014,
with each of the base stations serving a
cluster of communities.
These metrics have, thus, made Nigeria
the fastest growing telecommunications
country by the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) ratings
for five consecutive years, a feat
attributed to the robust and transparent
regulatory regime engendered by the
NCC.
Perhaps, one area that has been of
significant measure of how the industry
has fared in the last 168 months of its
revolution has been in the area of service
tariff, cost of owning communication
devices and cost of acquiring Subscriber
Identity Module (SIM) card or telephone
line.
The NCC adopted in 2013 ‘progressive
reduction interconnect termination rates’
whereby new entrants and small
operators had termination rates for voice
services pegged at N4.90 in April 2013,
N4.40 in April 2014 and by April this year
it will drop to N3.90 for all networks.
Also, SIM cards are almost given pro
bono by telecoms networks today,
whereas, 14 years ago, Nigerians were
paying between N25, 000 and N20, 000
to acquire a SIM card with only net-worth
individuals being able to own telephone
lines.
In the same vein, Chief Executive Officer
and Executive Secretary, E-Payment
Providers Association of Nigeria (E-
PPAN), Mrs Regha Onajite, noted that the
increasing volumes of e-banking
transactions, being driven by the
cashless policy of the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN), “are all resting on the
shoulder of the telecoms industry.”
In a similar submission, Chairman,
Association of Licensed Telecoms
Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Mr Gbenga
Adebayo, said the telecoms sector has
performed well as an enabler of most of
the ICT-driven activities that have
brought about efficiency in the country.
However, while insisting that the sector
has not done badly in the last 14 years,
the Association of Telecommunications
Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) noted that
the industry is still bedeviled with myriad
of challenges, which, if addressed with
the needed velocity, will add a fillip to the
sector’s performance in the coming
years. http://thenationonlineng.net/gsm-at-14-so-far-so-fair/ |
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